QCad
Encyclopedia
QCad is a computer-aided design
(CAD) software package for 2D design and drafting. It is available for Linux
, Mac OS X
, Unix
and Microsoft Windows
.
The QCad Community Edition, which lacks functionality present in the full version, is released under the GNU General Public License
and is not (officially) available for Windows, though unofficial builds do exist. Precompiled packages are available for some Linux platforms, such as Debian.
QCad is developed by RibbonSoft. Development on QCad began in October 1999, starting with code from CAM Expert. QCad 2, designed to "make QCad more productive, more user friendly, more flexible and increase its compatibility with other products" began development in May 2002.
Much of the interface and concepts behind use are the same of those of AutoCAD.
QCad uses the AutoCAD DXF
file format internally and to save and import files.
and Intel, 10.3 (Panther), Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)], UNIX (FreeBSD
), Solaris for x86 and SPARC
, and Windows [Vista, NT 4, Windows 98, Me, XP, 2000]. This is of importance for collaboration across a diverse computing environment.
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
(CAD) software package for 2D design and drafting. It is available for Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
, Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
, Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
and Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
.
The QCad Community Edition, which lacks functionality present in the full version, is released under the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
and is not (officially) available for Windows, though unofficial builds do exist. Precompiled packages are available for some Linux platforms, such as Debian.
QCad is developed by RibbonSoft. Development on QCad began in October 1999, starting with code from CAM Expert. QCad 2, designed to "make QCad more productive, more user friendly, more flexible and increase its compatibility with other products" began development in May 2002.
Much of the interface and concepts behind use are the same of those of AutoCAD.
QCad uses the AutoCAD DXF
AutoCAD DXF
AutoCAD DXF is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs....
file format internally and to save and import files.
Multiplatform support
QCad Professional operates on Linux, Mac OS X [10.4 (Tiger) Universal Binary for PPCPowerPC
PowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM...
and Intel, 10.3 (Panther), Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)], UNIX (FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...
), Solaris for x86 and SPARC
SPARC
SPARC is a RISC instruction set architecture developed by Sun Microsystems and introduced in mid-1987....
, and Windows [Vista, NT 4, Windows 98, Me, XP, 2000]. This is of importance for collaboration across a diverse computing environment.
See also
- Comparison of CAD Editors for Architecture, Engineering and Construction
External links
- QCad Windows Installer - GPL Community Version
- QCad binary for Windows on SourceForge.net - 2010.05.01. - qcadbin-win-2.0.5.0-1_rel-0.3 --- QCad 2.0.5.0 Installer.exe
- A good tutorial for QCad: http://linuxfocus.org/English/January2002/article132.shtml
- QCad for Windows (binary)
- QCad Community Forums (Note: this is for all that have been at http://www.ribbonsoft.com/forum which doesn't exist anymore)
- KAD (KDE aided design) is a version of QCad for the KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
Linux Desktop. See KAD - KDE aided design - LibreCAD is a version of QCad CE ported to Qt4. See LibreCAD Windows and OSX Binaries